Chief Technology Officer

Take Take Take; Oslo; On-site; NOK 1,800,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

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Job summary

Take Take Take, based in Oslo, is seeking a CTO to own the technical vision and steer the company’s engineering direction. You will build on the existing foundation, guide the 4-engineer team, and work with the CEO to align technology with product and business goals.

This is a leadership, non hands-on role focused on strategy, architecture, and growth. You are expected to drive AI integration, scale the platform for global adoption, and foster a high-performance culture with strong cross-border

Qualifications

• Leadership experience at senior level in tech organizations.
• Strong strategic thinking and decision-making abilities.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the technical vision and strategy for the platform.
• Lead and grow the engineering team of 4 engineers and oversee hiring.
• Coordinate with CEO and Head of Product on roadmap and execution.
• Drive AI integration and scalable architecture to support rapid growth.

Job description

About Take Take Take

Co-founded by 5x World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen, Take Take Take is building a new home for modern chess. An AI-powered platform for players of every level who want to improve, to get personalized coaching, play chess, and share their learning journey with friends. We've already built a significant presence in the chess world, reaching 5 million people every month with our content. We just launched our new product and are incredibly excited about the future. Take Take Take is backed by SNÖ, Coatue, Lovable, Patrick Collison and others. We're a small team in Oslo, and our ambition is to build a new home for the world’s 600 million chess players, reaching 200 million users over the coming years.

The Role

As CTO, you'll step into a leadership role at the heart of the company, owning the technical vision and driving the technical direction together with our Head of Engineering, building on the foundation already in place. You'll lead the technical team of 4 engineers and be responsible for how this group grows, works together, and delivers.

This is not a hands-on individual contributor role. You'll set direction, make the calls when things aren't working, and be accountable for the output of the whole group, while giving your people the autonomy to operate at a high level. You will stay close enough to the technology to have an informed opinion, not to write production code, but to understand trade-offs well enough to challenge or support technical decisions and how we scale. You'll bring genuine ambition and a start-up mindset.

This role reports directly to the CEO, Mats (ex Oda, co-founder), and sits in the leadership team.

What You'll Focus On & Achieve

Instead of focusing on daily tasks, your success in this role will be defined by your focus on outcomes and impact:

• Accelerate Product Delivery: Drive our time-to-market as a core competitive advantage, ensuring we ship high-quality features quickly and sustainably.
• Architect Technical Excellence: Shape the long-term technical vision and infrastructure, ensuring our platform is built for scale, performance, and future innovation.
• Cultivate a High-Performing Culture: Foster an environment of autonomy and excellence where the technical team can grow, thrive, and do their best work.
• Drive AI Integration: Define and lead our AI strategy, ensuring it serves as a central pillar of our product experience.
• Lead Strategic Growth: Act as a key member of the leadership table, aligning technical direction with broader company goals for product and user acquisition.

What Does Success Look Like

Our ambition is to build a global chess platform reaching 200 million users. As CTO, you will play a defining role in turning that ambition into reality.

You will be successful when you:

• Build a scalable and reliable technology platform that can support rapid global growth.
• Enable the organization to move quickly from ideas to high-quality user experiences.
• Use AI, personalization, and data to create coaching and community experiences users love and return to.
• Build and develop a world-class engineering organization capable of scaling with the company.
• Help drive sustainable user growth, engagement, retention, and monetization together with the CEO and Head of Product.

Who You Are

To succeed as our new CTO, you are driven by genuine ambition and possess a natural ability for leadership. While you have a solid technical background, your greatest strength lies in your ability to shape teams, set strategic direction, and empower people to perform at their best. You are comfortable making tough decisions when things aren't working, and you thrive in an environment where you can set the course rather than acting as a hands-on contributor.

As we build a cross-border team, strong communication skills and fluency in English are essential. You are Oslo-based and office-first, as we believe in the value of proximity to build a strong company culture.

Ideally, you have scale-up or start-up experience, understanding that hunger and execution often matter more than years of experience. We look for someone willing to go the extra mile, ideally with a background in gaming, edtech, or subscription consumer products. If you are familiar with chess, or have a genuine desire to learn the game deeply to better understand our users, it will make you a perfect fit.

Why Join Take Take Take

• Lead the build of what will be the world's most used chess platform globally.
• Lead the technical team for a chess platform co-founded by Magnus Carlsen, and shape how people experience the game.
• An attractive stock option package that rewards your contribution to the company’s growth.
• Work at the frontier of AI and social consumer products.
• Warm lunch every day from our chef